{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-stansbury-statement-todays-supreme-court-ruling-undermining", "Congresswoman Stansbury Statement on Today\u2019s Supreme Court Ruling Undermining Tribal Sovereignty", "2022-06-29", "2022", "2022-06", "Democrat", "House", "NM", "Melanie A. Stansbury", "S001218", "stansbury.house.gov", "stansbury", "https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.\u2014Today, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01), a member of the House Natural Resources Committee\u2019s Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States, released the following statement condemning the 5-4 decision by the Supreme Court in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, which casts aside more than two centuries of precedent recognizing Tribal sovereignty:\n\n\u201cToday\u2019s decision by the Supreme Court in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta is a direct assault on Tribal sovereignty and core tenets of American Indian law. The Court\u2019s decision that a state government may prosecute crimes committed on Native lands upends years of settled law and legal precedent that date back to the U.S. Constitution, hundreds of treaties, and more than 200 years of statute and case law recognizing the sovereignty of Tribal Nations. This shocking decision erodes bedrock protections for Tribal sovereignty and has far-reaching implications for Tribal jurisdiction, public safety, and federal resources. Never in American history have we seen a Supreme Court show such blatant disregard for settled law and fundamental rights protected by our Constitution. This decision cannot stand. Congress must consult with our Tribal Nations to find a meaningful path forward. As Justice Gorsuch noted in his dissent, \u2018a more ahistorical and mistaken statement of Indian law would be hard to fathom.\u2019\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:13:54Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-stansbury-statement-todays-supreme-court-ruling-undermining"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5399232506752014, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}